Hotel Massage in Bangkok: A Guide for Travellers
What fits in the room, what the hotel needs from you, and how to choose a treatment when you have never booked one in Bangkok before.
Articles
Practical guidance on booking massage in Bangkok — one useful piece at a time.
Corporate Massage in Bangkok: Planning a Wellness Day
The arithmetic of how many people a therapist can see, what the room needs to be, and why the queue rather than the massage is what goes wrong.
Couples Massage at Home in Bangkok
Two therapists, one room, two treatments chosen independently. What it needs, what it costs, and what to do when the room will not take two tables.
Four Hands Massage: Two Therapists, One Session
Two therapists working in time with each other. What that changes, what it costs, and why the half-price figures you may have seen are per therapist.
Coconut Oil Massage: Why Thailand Uses It
Not tradition and not marketing: a practical answer to a hot, humid climate. How it differs from the other oils, and when to choose a different one.
Jet Lag in Bangkok: The First Forty-Eight Hours
Massage will not reset a body clock, but it will take the edge off the flight. The timing matters more than the treatment you choose.
The Business Travellers Hour: Massage Between Meetings
An hour between a lunch and a dinner is enough, provided you book the right thing. The seated treatments leave you sharper rather than slower.
Aromatherapy Massage: What It Is and When to Choose It
The lightest of the oil treatments, aimed at a nervous system rather than at a muscle. Excellent for some things and close to useless for others.
Standing All Day in Bangkok: Feet, Calves and Lower Back
Office syndrome gets the attention. The opposite complaint is at least as common here and almost never written about: nine hours upright on a hard floor.
Serviced Apartments and Aparthotels: How Booking Differs
It looks like a hotel and is run like a condominium, and that distinction decides how the booking works. The commonest confusion on a long stay.
